Kathryn Louise

January 7, 2023

January

9 – My friend HanaSara was in town from DC and we walked around Green Lake with pups
10 – Daryl and my 13th Anniversary!
14 – Two years at Taproot Theatre Company!
16-17 – Daryl and I ski camp at Blewett
19-27 – TTC tech weeks
28 – See How They Run at Taproot opens
I did Whole30 for the second time. I learned so much in 2021, I’m glad I took the opportunity to do it again.
Books read: Lost In The Never Woods by Aiden Thomas, I Love you But I’ve Chosen Darkness by Claire Vaye Watkins
Bag nights (sleeping bag nights; camping): 1

February

3 – Finished shawl that I started in April. I am not a fast knitter, but I’m really proud of how it turned out!
5 – Light Board Op sub for See How They Run
7 – Zoom with Emily (and baby Frankie) and Arina! I love them both so much and I’m always so thankful when we make the time to chat.
9 – LBO sub for See How They Run
12-13 – Ski camp at Blewett
16 – Daryl and I see See How They Run
21-25 – Midwinter Break Acting Studio Camp props designer
23-24 – Banff Mountain Film Festival at Benaroya Hall
- This was the first big event we went to since the start of COVID. I definitely almost had a panic attack at the start of the first night. I’m thankful for masks and vaccines and being able to feel air exchanges.
Books read: Hairpin Bridge by Taylor Adams
Bag nights: 1

March

11-16 – PLU tech week
13 – See Clare & Patrick were in town and we were able to visit one day while I was on break from tech at PLU, which is where Clare went to undergrad! I’m always so very happy when I get to see them.
15-24 – TTC tech weeks
17 – Pippin at Pacific Lutheran University opens (Lighting Designer)
- I’m really proud of the work I did on this show, but I also know there are lots of ways I can improve. I’m thankful I get to be a Theatre Magic Maker.
23 – Get permanent bottom retainer removed! My teeth are free of appliances for the first time since 1996!
25 – The Spitfire Grill at Taproot opens

April

- 4-6 – Acting Studio Showcase props designer
- 6 – Assistant Stage Manager sub for The Spitfire Grill
- 7 – Daryl, my parents, and I see The Spitfire Grill
- 10 – Daryl, Riley, and I hike at O.O. Denny County Park and Saint Edward State Park
- 11-15 – Spring Break Acting Studio Camp props designer
- 14 – Sound Board Op sub for The Spitfire Grill
  - I have been listening for “Lights GO” for close to 20 years now, so it was really, really weird to listen for “Sound GO” for the very first time ever!
- 17 – Ski with Mike, Johnny, Mickey, GrandPaw, and Riley at Blewett
- 23 – TTC Gala at Triple Door
- 25-4 – NHHS tech weeks
- 26 – Get Invisalign!
- Books read: Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk by Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe

May

5 – Pippin at Nathan Hale High School opens (Lighting Designer)
- Yes, I designed lights for the same show twice this spring. I’m not sure if it was the best idea, but it was definitely a challenge!
7-8 – I5SAF Ski Weekend at Mt. Hood Meadows
- Can you believe the blower pow in that photo?! Whodathunk we’d get a powder day for the last day of the season?
11-19 – TTC tech weeks
18-20 – ASM sub
20 – The Nerd at Taproot opens
22 – Daryl and I go flying and see Doc, one of the last B-29 bombers
25-26 – ASM sub

June

4 – Daryl’s birthday! I make a delicious carrot cake to celebrate
9 – All Tharp at PNB
11 – Brandi Carlile at the Gorge! This is hands down the very best concert I have ever been to in my entire life. Wow.
15 – Whomp whomp, I test positive for COVID
26 – After 11 long days (most of which I felt completely fine), I finally test negative for COVID! Just in time for…
27 – My 35th Birthday!
- Yet again, I was going to have a birthday bbq, but alas.
Books read: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (I only wanted to reread books while down with COVID)
Bag nights: 1

July

2-4 – Greaser-McDaniel Clan family weekend in Trout Lake!
6-14 – TTC tech weeks
12 – Finish a shawl I started in June. I added to the pattern and I’m really proud of both the patterning I did and the finished product!
15 – Black Coffee at Taproot opens (staring Michael Winters aka Taylor Doose from Gilmore Girls!)
16-17 – Hike at Thorp Mountain Lookout
21 – I went in for an orthodontist appointment and was surprised by getting my Invisalign off early!
23-24 – 10th Annual McIver Float! This year we brought Saville!
25 – Clare and Patrick were in town, so we went over for delicious Indian food on the deck of their AirBnb
26 – Friends Aria and Jordan from school came to visit another friend, Emily. I was hoping to go hiking with them, but schedules didn’t work out. We did picnic at Matthews Beach though!
27 – Before we completely melted in the heat, Daryl installed our fancy new AC!
31-1 – Explore and hike around Salmon La Sac
Books read: Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert, Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda
Bag nights: 4

August

1 – Hike into Thorp Lake
5-6 – My parents are in town!
- 5 – Have parents over and cook them dinner
- 6 – Go to Mariners game (we won!) and Black Coffee with my parents
7 – Kind of last minute, Daryl and I decide to find a place to watch the Blue Angels perform at SeaFair. We lucked out with one of the last available parking spots and last available beach spots at a park on Mercy Island. I’ve never seen the Blue Angels perform before (though I did hear them practice for SeaFair about 12 years ago when I worked in the Mt. Baker neighborhood).
8 – Sneak Peak at Taproot
9 – One of my oldest internet friends Stacy (we met on LiveJournal when I was in high school!) was in town visiting with her girlfriend (now fiance!). She invited me and two of her friends to all get together and declared that the three of us MUST become friends.
10 – Daryl’s friend Jenny from MO was in town visiting. I had a really crappy day at work, but spent the entire evening laughing!
12 – Road Company rehearsal Stage Manager sub
19-5 – Daryl in Montana for Scapegoat
30-1 – Road Company previews (Props Designer)
Books read: Love & Saffron: A Novel of Friendship, Food, and Love by Kim Fay, Fear Thy Neighbor by Fern Michaels, Jane of Hearts and Other Stories by Katharine Weber, Woman of Light by Kali Fajardo-Anstine

September

2 – I took my first ballet class since graduating. I definitely cried my way through plies.
10 – The Bolt Creek Fire starts about 40 miles from Seattle. The AQI hits 172 at house.
11 – Hamilton at Paramount with Ashleigh and Mady!
13-22 – TTC tech weeks
21 – Betsey rolls over 100,000 miles!
22 – Teton Gravity Research ski film at The Neptune
23 – A Night With The Russells at Taproot opens
25-26 – Airplane camping at Point Roberts. On our way there, we stopped at Lynden Airport, which is an air park (so folks have houses right next to the runway!). We borrowed bikes from the pilots lounge and rode to a steakhouse, where I had the best French Dip I’ve ever had.
29 – Carmina Burana at PNB. Oh my god, truly incredible.
Books read: The Artist Colony by Joanna FitzPatrick, Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson, Kitchen Yarns: Notes on Life, Love, and Food by Ann Hood
Bag nights: 1

October

2 – Day Of Goddess for Kelly & Calder’s wedding. I’ve thought about using my stage manager skills for weddings for a while and I’m so happy I got a chance to help make Kelly & Calder’s day wonderful.
3 – Bivalent booster!
8-10 – Astoria for Great Columbia Crossing. I’m so happy I got to walk across my very favorite bridge with my very favorite parents!
15 – Smoke returns, AQI 153
19-20 – Shadow SM in preparation for subbing later in the month
19 – AQI 289
20 – AQI 314
21 – IT RAINS!!!!!
23 – Squak Mountain Hike
25-27 – SM sub for A Night With The Russells
28 – Uncorked at Taproot
Books read: Sea of Tranquility by Emily St John Mandel

November

1 – Betsey gets new tires!
10 – This Season’s Canon at PNB. I could watch this entire program every day and feel very satisfied.
12-13 – Visit Will in Seiku. On Sunday we went out to Cape Flattery.
15-23 – TTC tech weeks
15-17 – Christmas Touring previews (Props Designer)
20 – Hike in Carkeek Park, see salmon spawning!
24-27 – Friendsgiving with Lizommy in Cottage Grove
- 26 – Hike Spencers Butte with Liz and Stella
25 – The Wickhams: Christmas At Pemberley at Taproot opens
29-30 – ASM sub for The Wickhams
Books read: A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde, A Raisin In The Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, Allen & Mike’s Really Cook Backcountry Ski Book by Allen O’Bannon

December

3 – Snow!
7-8 – Banff Mountain Film Fest at Benaroya with one of D’s coworkers. Saw a friend from the grotto there on night two.
10 – SheJumps Car Control Clinic!
11 – Ski Blewett and cut down Christmas tree
14 – Kula Holly Jolly Potty Party at Halcyon Brewing
18 – CommuniTEA Book Club zoom with Friday Afternoon and Clare
20 – Snow!
23 – Ice storm
24-26 – Astoria
- 25 – My Dad and I visit my Grandma at the care facility and then I make Christmas dinner. It’s very weird cooking in someone else’s kitchen, even if it’s the same one you first made boxed mac&cheese in!
28 – Hike in Hamilin Park
29 – Hike in Meadowdale Beach Park
30 – Hike in Discovery Park. The Wickhams is officially the first show since See How They Run in Jan/Feb to not have a COVID closure!
Books read: A Snake Falls To Earth by Darcie Little Badger

Books read: 22
Bag nights: 8
Taproot shows (Mainstage, Road Company, Acting Studio): 13
Performances I worked as SM, ASM, LBO, or SBO sub: 16
Outside shows: 2

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January 12, 2021

January

9 – The day before my first student loan payment was due I was offered a full time position at Taproot Theatre!
10 – Our 11th anniversary <3
11-13 – Anniversary Weekend
- 11 – Daryl and I skied at Stevens Pass and then joined friends in Leavenworth
- 13 – We finally get home after a 28 hour drive
20 – My friend Sydoney was in town from Portland and we got lunch
24 – A full theatre day: my final Spectrum Dance Theatre Frye Museum show and opening night of Steel Magnolias at Taproot Theatre!
26 – Daryl takes us on a flight around Seattle
We get one bag night (sleeping bag night; camping)

February

16 – Daryl, Mike, Elsie, and I went bowling!
21-24 – East Coast Trip
- 21 – Daryl and I fly to Philadelphia and then drive to the AirBnb in New Jersey we shared with Arina and Jesus
- 22 – Emily and Frank’s wedding!
- 23 – Emily and Frank hosted brunch at their house, then D and I drove to Philly and got dinner with Lindsay
- 24 – Daryl showed me around “his” Philly (the hospital he was born at, his Grandparent’s house, and his first job) and then I showed him around “my” Philly (the UArts buildings, my first job, my apartments)
26 – First production meeting for Chicago at Nathan Hale High School (Lighting Designer)
29 – Closing night for Steel Magnolias

March

5-6 – Rippin Chix ski camp at Crystal Mountain. I coughed from my post-show crud and joked “don’t worry, it’s not COVID.”
6 – Daryl starts working from home. Spencer and his lady friend stay the night while in town for a baby shower. There’s never enough time to to visit!
8 – Our friend Tom from Missoula was in town. We finally walked around Green Lake!
13 – It is announced at work that we will start working from home
19 – PNB of course cancelled their performance of One Thousand Pieces, but thankfully the Unions allowed them to stream it. Oh my goodness, it is so incredible. I really hope they bring it back once we can be in person again.
29 – I got tired of not having a spice rack, so I made one! Officially the first “Quarantine Project”.

April

- 21 – My new LLBean Boots arrive!
- We were under Stay Home, Stay Healthy orders, so I basically just made a lot of food.

May

4 – The weekend before we were technically allowed to start adventuring again, we went backcountry skiing at Yodelin
6 – Daryl and Mike built us three garden boxes
9-10 – We camp and ski at Yodelin
13 – We watch PNB’s 2014 production of Giselle
30-June 1 – Camp and ski at Mt. Adams
Three bag nights

June

1 – On the drive back from Mt. Adams, I start rehearsal for our Zoom Cabaret. Running a rehearsal via Zoom on an iPad hotspotting your phone while driving up I5 is *not* recommended
4 – Daryl’s birthday!
13-14 – We flew to Portland and then leap-frogged out way home. We landed at seven airports – including doing a touch-and-go at Sea-Tac!
20 – Daryl wanted cheesecake for his birthday, so I bought a spring form and made my first cheesecake! It turned out perfectly!
21 – First Chinook Pass ski trip of the year
24 – We road our bikes to a disc golf course and played a round while drinking Cold Smoke. It felt very “Missoula”.
27 – My birthday!
27-28 – Camp and ski at Chinook Pass
Two bag nights

July

5 – Ski Artist’s Point at Mt. Baker
14 – Becky and I go hiking. We attempted Mt. Ellinor, but neither of us had enough water and I didn’t bring enough carbs and totally bonked. Still a great day!
18 – We go flying over the San Juan Islands for sunset
24 – Emily, Brooke, Ollie, Riley, and I hike to Ollallie Lake. Always so wonderful to see school friends, but hiking with masks on it not comfortable.
25 – I took a watercolor class with Kula Academy. So much fun!

August

9-10 – Daryl and I got to tag along with Mike and Fisher on Fish’s first backpacking trip!
19-23 – Daryl and I backpack in to Crater Lakes for a long weekend
Five bag nights

September

1-14 – Montana for Scapegoat. We kept an eye on the COVID numbers in the everyone’s counties before we left. They were all below 10% chance based on the GA Tech Event Risk Assessment tool. We decided we were okay with the risk. I didn’t really relax about it until the end of the September when I knew we got away with it.
- 3-4 – Hike in and set up camp
- 7 – Snow day! We woke up to graupel, which turned into snow. I think we got 6 inches!
- 11 – Daryl, Brian, Caitlin, Riley, and I hiked up to the plateau and spent the day looking for caves
- 12 – Hike out and drive to Helena (and into the smoke)
25 – We have three plum trees in our backyard and I didn’t want them to go to waste this year. I made a trio of plum treats to share with our triplex neighbors
29 – We took a sunrise flight to Whidbey Island for breakfast
12 bag nights

October

1 – Riley’s 4th birthday
5 – Mike moved out
15 – PNB Rep 1. Watching the ballet at home is fun, but I miss going out to the ballet.
19 – Dropped my ballot off! I love voting!
22 – Watch UM’s Dance Underground. I love seeing my friends dance.
30 – I visited the UM theatre major’s Freshman Seminar as guest speaker!
31-November 1 – We went on a Larch March and didn’t see any other people. I love having nature to ourselves.
One bag night

November

6 – Watch Bare Bait Dance’s Kinetoscope Film Festival
7-8 – We fly to Orcas Island for the weekend. We hiked in to a beachside campground and had the whole thing to ourselves. The next morning we got brunch at Doe Bay resort, all by ourselves. Then we had a beautiful sunset flight home.
12 – PNB Rep 2
13 – Watch SDT Lyric Suite
26 – Even though it was just the two of us, I decided to go all out for Thanksgiving. I made my very first turkey, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, dressing, rolls, and, of course, pie!
One bag night

December

5-6 – Snow camp and some four-wheel driving
12 – Christmas tree hunting
23 – We flew up to Snohomish and Monroe for a little morning flight
25 – Daryl, Mike, Riley, and I went skiing for Christmas at Yodelin. So-so snow, but so much fun!
27 – Sunset hike at Saint Edwards
One bag night

Total bag nights for the year: 26!

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June 7, 2020June 7, 2020

Last September (holy smokes how was that nearly a year ago?) we finally made a trip up to Cave Ridge with the Cascade Grotto. The day before was a Grotto meeting and one of the attendees was a Tennessee caver in town for work. She asked if there was any trips happening while she was in town and we immediately told her about the trip planned for the next day. We gathered her gear to borrow (both for White Nose Syndrome prevention and because she didn’t have camping gear with her) and happily welcomed her to the Grotto.

15 or so of us met in the parking lot and headed straight up the mountain. It was a gorgeous and hot day. One of the guys in the group ended up hiking up in his skivvies because the only pants he brought were fleece lined!

I mostly hiked up with the other lady cavers on the trip. It was the first time I’d been on any sort of trip with any of them. I’ve never been on a hike where I spend the whole time talking with other ladies. It’s always me and the guys, which is great, but it was really lovely to spend time in nature with other women. I need more of that in my life.

We met up with Maurice at camp. The night before he briefly joined us at Azteca after the Grotto meeting, but then hit the road to head up to Cave Ridge. Based on how hot it was when we hiked in, he probably had the right idea! Definitely a hike that is probably easier when it’s dark and you can’t see how little progress you’ve made.

Daryl, Mike and I mostly went on the trip for the hike, as we weren’t camping up there and had to head out before it got too dark. The clouds started to settle on the ridge, so we started our trek down.

At one point on the hike down I ran my shin into a rock I couldn’t see. It hurt, but not nearly as badly as I would expect based on the bruise it left! I think it was a week or two before the discoloration was completely gone. (I’m fairly certain if my shin bones are ever examined after I die they will be covered in dents. Between ladders and caving, I’m constantly bruising them!)

I can’t wait until Cave Ridge becomes accessible this year. Hopefully I’ll actually get in one of the caves!

Today’s adventure took place on land stolen from the Coast Salish, Duwamish, Tualip, and np̓əšqʷáw̓səxʷ (Wenatchi).

January 17, 2020January 17, 2020

Adventures: Spacegoat 2019, pt 2

On Monday we gathered the last of our crew – Kai got to camp around 4am after driving from Ohio and Taylor and Steph met us at the trailhead. Daryl hiked in before everyone so he could meet the packers at camp, but he left Riley to hike in with me. The first group after Daryl was Mike, Bob, and Amy. The rest of us followed in a group – we met up from time to time along the hike, but we each hiked at our own pace.

We took a long lunch at the cabin, waiting for the last of the group to arrive before heading off again. 10 miles in, 3 to go!

The last trudge up the hill was a little miserable for me, but having Riley with me helped. I sang him songs and reminded myself to just keep putting one foot in front of the other. Eventually we made it to the top and I found my handsome love sitting atop a boulder.

The only tasks after arriving at camp was setting up. Daryl and I set up camp just above where we’ve camped in the past, in a cute little corner of trees.

Our mornings on the trip were always the same – slowly we all gathered in the middle of camp, made coffee and breakfast, and figured out plans for the day. Riley patrolled around, keeping us safe from all members of the group who left momentarily and then returned. He’s a very good guard deg, if not a little overly protective.

Adventures: Spacegoat 2019, pt 1

Every year I look forward to our summer trips to Montana for caving. Daryl has been caving in Scapegoat since the early 2000s and I started caving there in 2013. There is so much cave and so many projects and it is so much fun!

This year we had a group! (All my previous trips have been just two or three of us.) We had cavers from the Northern Rocky Mountain Grotto, the Cascade Grotto, and the Cleveland Grotto (he drove all the way from Ohio for the trip!)!

I tried a new food packing technique this year, where I packaged food into different days, with items like nuts, cheese, chocolate (things we snack on often and will have multiple days) getting moved from bag to bag as the week progressed.
It was a step in the right direction of food packing, but it’s definitely still a draft of a system. Every trip we take I make note of what we eat each day – this year I took it a step further and weighed each bulk item and then weighed them again when we got home. My goal is to one day pack exactly the right amount of food for a trip.

I ordered a brand new caving suit for this trip and I opted for a two piece – the Adventure Verticale Taka Jacket and Fornocal Pant. (My other suit is a cordura Meander suit.)
I’ll write a more thorough review once I’ve used it a couple more times, but here are my first impressions after a week of caving:
+ I love how long the jacket is (it covers my butt). I never once got a dreaded gap between jacket and pants.
– My seat harness often worked its way above the belt of my pants. Once I realized what was happening, I became more aware of making sure the belt was fully above my seat harness. It wasn’t as much of a problem after I started doing this, but I definitely had to readjust my pants after getting off rope.
+ Having a jacket and pants rather than a one piece made it much easier to get my layers set underneath.
+ Because the jacket is so long, I was able to open it almost all the way, take my arms out of it and put on/take off a fleece layer, then put the jacket back on without having to take my vertical gear off to readjust or tuck it back in.
– The suit is a ripstop like material and does not breathe. All my sweat stayed trapped on the suit. It wasn’t a huge problem, as I never got cold (it’s all about the base [layers]), but it did mean when I took my fleece off and just had a tshirt on, my arms got wet from the moisture trapped on the suit.

I’m excited to go on more trips soon so I can continue this list of pros and cons (and because I can’t wait to go caving again).

When we visited Lizommy we picked a bunch of apples from their backyard. Since Liz has also been to Scapegoat, it seemed fitting to bake a pie with their apples for the Spacegoat Expedition!

We left for Missoula early Saturday morning (I believe we broke a record and were driving by 5:30am!). We stopped a couple times, but otherwise drove straight thru and made it just in time for our friends wedding! After the reception, everyone went downtown to see Leftover Salmon at the River City Roots Fest – including the bride and groom still in their wedding outfits. <3

The following morning we drove to Augusta and had lunch with Brian at the Buckhorn Bar (a must stop if you are in town), before heading to Benchmark to meet everyone at the campground.
A couple hours after we all got to camp, our packer stopped by and dropped off the panniers for us to pack up. Everyone put their personal gear being packed in in one pile and their group gear in another pile and then we Tetris’d together 70lb bags for the next couple of hours.

Adventures: Fisher Lake

The weekend before we left for our Montana adventures, we went on a “shakedown” backpacking trip to the Alpine Lakes Wilderness with our friend Johnny and his pup Grand Paw.

Thanks to the great Washington Trails Association website, we were able to find a hike that checked all the boxes: between 5 and 7 miles, dog friendly, and to either a mountain vista or a lake. With side trips to Ptarmigan Lakes and Mount Sawyer, this trip was everything we were looking for.

The parking area was pretty full when we got there, so we were a bit nervous about how full the camping would be at the lake, but then as we started hiking a group of about 15 people came off the trail. They told us there was plenty of camping at the lake – plus the big campsite they vacated that morning.

The hike in was a bit of a trudge at times, but aside from a couple chunks of straight up and places where you have to either go over and under (if you’re a medium mister) giant trees, it’s a easy hike.

After getting to Fisher Lake and setting up camp (at the large campsite the group told us about), we continued hiking on to Ptarmigan Lakes.

After getting to Lower Ptarmigan Lake, we crossed the scree field to continue on to Upper Ptarmigan Lake.

Johnny with Grand Paw and Riley at Upper Ptarmigan Lake

A SiliPint makes a great stand-in for a fire!

That night we had a “fire” and stargazed for a bit before heading to bed. Few things beat falling asleep in the woods with my favorite tent-mates.

When we woke up the next morning we went berry picking. I set a timer and we picked as many huckleberries and blueberries we could find (the huckleberries when into a pie with apples from Lizommy’s backyard!). The photo above is nearly a pound of hucks (Johnny was only picking blueberries) – picked in 30 minutes without walking more than 5 ft from our campsite!

My husband is a genius and put huckleberries in his oatmeal!

It was a gorgeous day, so after packing up camp we hiked back over to Lower Ptarmigan Lake to enjoy the water before heading back to the trailhead.

The puppers were very concerned every time Johnny and Daryl jumped into the lake, but never quite reached “Must Rescue!” level.

After getting back to camp and grabbing our gear, we hit the trail out. Since we were at Fisher Lake and had the opportunity to add a short jaunt to Sawyer Mountain, we of course did so – mainly so we could call this our “Nephew Hike” in honor of 2/5th of the cute kiddos that call us “Uncle D” and “Auntie Katt”.

The hike out once back to the main trail was a bit of a trudge thru the dark, but I felt great. I’ve been going to the gym semi- to fairly-regularly this year and this was the first hike I could really feel that.

Lessons learned from this trip: Snacks and Vitamin Water at the car should be standard – and if we have an extra freeze dried meal and are all starving before we drive away, take the 20 minutes to boil water and let it hydrate so you don’t have to drive nearly 2 hours to the closest fast food.

September 9, 2019

Adventures: Cave Hunting

At the end of June we took a Grotto trip to look for a cave up near Mt. Baker. There were five of us, plus our ever present Grotto Dog.

We hiked down to a creek and followed it for a bit before bushwhacking our way up the drainage again. Definitely a day filled with ups and downs (and Devil’s Club).

I recently bought my first Kula Cloth and this way my first trip using it. I love it! A piece of gear I didn’t know I needed and now I can’t imagine spending time outside without it.

While Daryl and I didn’t make it up to the cave, others on the trip (including Riley) did. (Thankfully, caves don’t tend to move, so it’ll be there when we come back.)

Today’s adventure took place on land stolen from the Nlaka’pamux, Skagit, Puget Sound Salish, and Nooksack.

May 25, 2019

Adventures: Iceland

At SeaTac getting ready to fly to Iceland!

Last month Daryl and I went on our honeymoon – to Iceland! It was so incredible. Definitely a dream trip. We’re working on a series of posts about our trip, but here’s some photos!

On the rim of Hverfjall Crater near Lake Myvatn

Getting ready to fly to the Arctic Circle in a Twin Otter

Electric motorcycle pedicab ride through Siglufjörður

May 13, 2019August 4, 2019

Adventures: February Hike to Source Lake

Back in February Daryl, Riley, and I took a snowy hike out to Source Lake.

We passed a couple groups: two families closer to the trailhead, a group of four about halfway in, and a couple with skis. It was so peaceful out. I love how quiet hiking in the snow is.

Waiting to May to write a post about a hike in February is not ideal. I didn’t take any notes about the hike, so all those mental notes I made have vanished.

My very favorite winter hike beer.

We saw a parent and kid skiing down to the lake. It was fun to watch them pick their lines down.

I love hiking with our little family. <3

Today’s adventure took place on land stolen from the Snoqualmie, Tulalip, Duwamish, and Puget Sound Salish.

Category: hiking

Year in Review 2022

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Year In Review 2020

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Adventures: Cave Ridge

Adventures: Spacegoat 2019, pt 2

Adventures: Spacegoat 2019, pt 1

Adventures: Fisher Lake

Adventures: Cave Hunting

Adventures: Iceland

Adventures: February Hike to Source Lake